A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea

Researching Recent Social and Political Trends

Jibum Kim (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2024
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-5831-3 (ISBN)

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This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years. Compiled by leading Korean scholars, the book uses the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), the most comprehensive source of information detailing recent continuity and change in Korea, and addresses a diverse, wide-range of topics such as nationalism, familyism, social inequality, politics, religion, welfare, trust, attitudes towards North Korea, and attitudes towards sex. These issues, in continuously shaping and influencing the lives of Koreans, deserve further examination so as to fully grasp a deeper understanding of Korean contemporary culture. Each chapter covers an overview of background information about the chapter subject and then compares Korean attitudes to those of other countries, drawing on cross-national data derived from sources such as the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the East Asian Social Survey (EASS). It collates this data and then unpacks it to demonstrate trends and how they are impacted by stability or change. Despite the rapid economic development and democratization in Korea, it remains difficult to pinpoint common denominators regarding recent social trends in Korea, and there are surprisingly few books that present a current, nuanced, and empirically substantiated scholarly depiction of Koreans and their social issues. This book fills this gap in serving as an indispensable reference for students and scholars interested in the diverse issues in Korean society.

Jibum Kim is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University. He leads the Survey Research Center and is the principal investigator for the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS). Currently, he serves as the president of the World Association for Public Opinion Research Asia Pacific. In the past, he held the position of Chief Editor for two prestigious Korean academic journals, namely the Korean Journal of Sociology and the Korea Journal of Population Studies.

Recent Changes in Familism in Korea, 2006-2016.- Comparison of Gender Roles and the Family in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China.- Stratification and Economic Inequality in South Korea.- Social Networks in the Lives of Korean Adults: Evidence from the KGSS (2012).- Embedded Work: Expectations and Fulfillment.- Is Civil Society Always Good for Democracy?.- The Big Five Personality Traits and South Koreans’ Attitudes toward North Korean Defectors.- Democracy and National Identity in South Korea.- Role of Government and Institutional Trust.- Trust of People and its Associations with Respondents’ Community Characteristics.- Social Welfare Attitudes.- Religion and Sexual Attitudes.- Appendix: Korean General Social Survey (KGSS).

Erscheinungsdatum	23.10.2024
Zusatzinfo	60 Illustrations, color; 43 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Democracy and National Identity in South Korea • Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) • Korean Social Welfare Attitudes • Religion and Sexual Attitudes in Korea • Social Networks in the Lives of Korean Adults • Social Trends in Korea • South Koreans’ Attitudes toward North Korean Defectors • Stratification and Economic Inequality in South Korea
ISBN-10	981-99-5831-8 / 9819958318
ISBN-13	978-981-99-5831-3 / 9789819958313
Zustand	Neuware